100 killed in blast at 13th-century Sufi shrine in Pakistan

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A doll lies on the ground of the 13th century Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb attack in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan, some 200 km northeast of Karachi on February 17, 2017. Nearly 100 people were killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up inside the crowded shrine of a revered Sufi holy man Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. | AFP

Hours after a suicide blast at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a devotee sits, covered with blood, next to the body of a relative at a local hospital in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, some 200 km northeast of Karachi on February 16, 2017. An Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself in the 13th century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and killed 100 people. | AFP

An injured child is treated at a hospital in Sehwan a day after a bomb attack hit the 13th century Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province, some 200 km northeast of the provincial capital Karachi on February 16, 2017. At least 100 people were killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up at the popular shrine in southern Pakistan.A series of attacks which have shaken optimism over recent improvements in security. Islamic State (IS) claimed the attack. | AFP

An injured blast victim talks on his mobile phone at a hospital after a bomb explosion in the shrine of 13th century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan February 16, 2017. Nearly 100 people died when an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber blew himself up at the popular shrine late in the evening. | AFP

A man helps his injured wife at a local hospital in Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan after a bomb ripped apart the 13th century Sufi shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar on February 16, 2017. At least 100 people died in the blast triggered by an Islamic State suicide bomber later in the evening. | AFP

A Pakistani woman comforts a mourner after the death of a relative at a local hospital in Sehwan in Sindh province in Pakistan on February 16, 2017 after a bomb blew up in the shrine of 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. Nearly 100 people died in the blast triggered by an Islamic State suicide bomber. | AFP

Pakistani security personnel patrol outside the 13th century Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb attack in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan on February 16, 2017. At least 100 people were killed when a bomb ripped through a revered Sufi shrine. Islamic State (IS) claimed the attack, the deadliest to hit Pakistan so far in 2017. | AFP

Pakistani relatives mourn over the coffin of a 13-year-old blast victim Zeeshan during his funeral in Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan on February 17, 2017, a day after a a bomb blew up in the shrine of the 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. At least 100 people were killed in the deadly bombing. The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attacjk. | AFP

Pakistani devotees react as they gather outside closed gate of the shrine of the 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb blew up at the shrine in Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan on February 16, 2017. Pakistan launched a nationwide security crackdown, officials said, after the bomb blast, triggered by an Islamic State suicide bomber, killed at least 100 people including 20 children. | AFP

The shrine of 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, where a suicide bomb blast triggered by the Islamic State killed 100 people on February 16, 2017, is a popular place of worship in Sehwan town in Sindh province of Pakistan. The shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, built in 1356, has been immortalized by qawwalis sung by many Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian singers and musicians like Noor Jehan, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen. | AFP

Pakistani security personnel have been deployed outside the shrine of the 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb blew up at the shrine in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province of Pakistan on February 16, 2017. Pakistan launched a nationwide security crackdown, after the blast, triggered by an Islamic State suicide bomber, killed at least 100 people including 20 children. | AFP

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